From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 26 18:47:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD751065673 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:47:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B82BA8FC1D for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:47:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from Macintosh-4.local ([10.0.0.194]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id m7QIldBF031059 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:47:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <48B44FCA.9070609@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:47:38 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jack Twilley References: <87vdxr9d9y.fsf@chateau.d.lf> <48B42777.1050304@freebsd.org> <48B43D90.8090807@twilley.org> In-Reply-To: <48B43D90.8090807@twilley.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-DCC-Rhyolite-Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: =?UTF-8?B?QXNoaXNoIFNodWtsYSDgpIbgpLbgpYDgpLcg4KS24KWB4KSV4KWN4KSy?= , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 'ath' going to be updated for 7.1-RELEASE ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:47:40 -0000 Jack Twilley wrote: > Sam Leffler wrote: >> Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Just came across the release schedule of 7.1-RELEASE. I'm wondering if >>> new version of 'ath' driver (for Athereos Wireless chipsets) is going >>> to be included or not ? If yes, I'll be glad to try the betas :). >>> >>> >> Not sure what "new version" means. I'm unlikely to have any time to >> look at existing ath problems in RELENG_7 before the release. > > I am hoping against hope it means "whatever it takes to make the Asus > Eee PC work without having to follow the steps on the EeeBSD page". I > rebuilt kernel and world today and forgot *again* to do the madwifi > dance. It's getting old. The required hal is not even committed to HEAD yet; there's no way it's going to get into RELENG_7 w/o significant testing. As to "getting old" others are free to pitch in to make things happen. I have very little time for freebsd right now and what time I do have is focused on higher priority issues. Sam